Laminar-to-turbulent transition of pipe flows through puffs and slugs

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 614, Issue , 2008, Pages 425-446

  Nishi, Mina ^a   Ünsal, Bülent ^a   Durst, Franz ^a   Biswas, Gautam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

FORMATION PROCESS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; LAMINAR TO TURBULENT TRANSITIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OBSTACLE HEIGHTS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TURBULENT PIPE FLOW; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

PIPE FLOW;

LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

GASTROPODA; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 54549110353     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008003315     Document Type: Article

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